Chapter Summaries

Su Bai took Wan Xinyan and Wan Xinyue rafting, then asked what they wanted for their grandmother’s upcoming visit. He agreed to find them a renovated secondhand apartment in River City so they could settle their grandmother in comfortably.

• After lunch, Xu Xinran left the RV to attend dinner with a student she sponsored, and Wan Xinyan remarked that she was more caring than expected.
• Su Bai took control of the raft and guided it through the rapids while the Wan sisters stayed calm and enjoyed the trip.
• Su Bai teased the sisters about their low centers of gravity and compared them to groundhogs, prompting Wan Xinyue to tease him back.
• That evening, Su Bai asked Wan Xinyan what she wanted for their grandmother’s visit, and she requested that they keep things low-key.
• Wan Xinyan said they wanted a secondhand apartment with the renovation smell already gone, so Su Bai instructed Zhou Jialu to start looking in River City.

Su Bai asked Master Huang about finding a maternity nurse, then learned that Wan Xinyan’s former high school enemy had noticed her lavish travel posts and wondered how she had become so wealthy. The chapter left Shi Yajing suspecting that the Wan sisters had found a rich man to support them.

• Su Bai asked Master Huang whether he knew any maternity nurses, and Master Huang offered to find highly qualified ones around Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai.
• While eating breakfast, Wan Xinyan told Su Bai that Shi Yajing had organized classmates to exclude her and her sister in high school.
• Shi Yajing examined Wan Xinyan’s Moments posts from her villa in Banshan County and questioned how Wan Xinyan had become so impressive.
• Shi Yajing recalled her wealthy family, poor grades, overseas university, and habit of paying others to handle her coursework.
• Shi Yajing wondered whether the Wan sisters had found a rich man willing to spend money on them.

Shi Yajing and Lai Wenyu discussed the Wan sisters while he accompanied her home, where he hoped she would buy him a car. Shi Yajing took him to the Mercedes-Benz dealership, but the store manager did not come out to greet her as usual.

• Shi Yajing recalled envying the Wan sisters and speculated with Lai Wenyu that they might be serving a rich boss together.
• Lai Wenyu flattered Shi Yajing and asked to browse cars, while she agreed to buy him one despite thinking he was asking quickly.
• On the way to the dealership, Lai Wenyu settled on asking for a discounted C-Class rather than a more expensive model.
• Shi Yajing brought Lai Wenyu to the Mercedes-Benz dealership in Banshan County, where a manager greeted them and mentioned her parents.
• Shi Yajing noticed that the store manager had not come out to welcome her and asked where he was.

Shi Yajing and Lai Wenyu learned that Su Bai was visiting the Mercedes-Benz dealership and went inside hoping to see him from afar. Shi Yajing was stunned when she saw that Su Bai’s companions were two girls she recognized, leaving her wondering if the situation was right.

• Shi Yajing demanded to know why the store manager was unavailable, and the dealership manager explained that he was accompanying a guest arranged by the county Party secretary.
• The manager hinted that the guest was the handsome Jiangcheng University student known online for driving a Panamera and dating several girlfriends.
• Shi Yajing recognized the description and eagerly talked about Su Bai, while Lai Wenyu felt jealous and resentful.
• The manager warned Shi Yajing and Lai Wenyu not to disturb Su Bai, who was with his girlfriend and preferred peace and quiet.
• The manager mentioned that Su Bai’s girlfriend was from Banshan County, so Shi Yajing pulled Lai Wenyu into the dealership to look.
• Shi Yajing saw two familiar girls smiling beside Su Bai and was shocked that they were his companions.

Su Bai took the Wan sisters to a Mercedes-Benz dealership to buy a high-clearance vehicle for reaching Grandma Wan’s home, while Shi Yajing recognized the sisters and worried they might seek revenge for their high-school treatment. The chapter ended with Su Bai choosing a fully equipped G-wagon and astonishing the dealership manager by buying it without haggling.

• Shi Yajing recognized the Wan sisters as her former classmates and told Lai Wenyu they were the twins she had mentioned.
• Lai Wenyu felt embarrassed about having mocked the sisters’ wealthy benefactor, while Shi Yajing feared they might bring trouble to her and her parents.
• Shi Yajing considered approaching the Wan sisters to ingratiate herself, but held back after remembering that Su Bai’s group wanted to browse quietly.
• Su Bai decided to buy a car with suitable ground clearance so he could reach Grandma Wan’s home and take her back to River City.
• After the system offered up to tenfold cashback on a luxury car, Su Bai chose the highest-equipped G-wagon available for same-day pickup.
• Su Bai bought the G-wagon without haggling, leaving the dealership manager astonished.

Su Bai bought a Mercedes Big G and took Wan Xinyan and Wan Yue to visit their lively grandmother. The chapter ended with Grandma Wan proudly bringing them home as neighbors admired the new car.

• The manager gave Wan Xinyan flowers from her former classmate Shi Yajing, who had sent them to make peace.
• Su Bai finished signing for the Big G and drove the Wan sisters to a mountain, where they spent time together in the new car.
• The Wan sisters and Su Bai went to the square to find Grandma Wan dancing energetically.
• Grandma Wan greeted Su Bai warmly and led everyone home.
• Neighbors gathered around the Big G, and Grandma Wan joked that her old friends would envy her good fortune.

Su Bai and his companions picked up Grandma Wan in Banshan County, where he also visited Xu Xinran at the home of a student she sponsored. After leaving, Su Bai praised Xu Xinran’s dedication to helping others, and they continued walking together.

• Su Bai and the others brought Grandma Wan back to the Super RV, while Wan Xinyan went to buy local chickens and rabbits.
• Xu Xinran invited Su Bai to visit her at the home of a student she sponsored, and he agreed.
• Xu Xinran reviewed the girl’s midterm exam papers and talked with the girl’s parents about her work and marriage.
• Su Bai arrived, introduced himself as Xu Xinran’s friend, and chatted with the family before leaving with her.
• Xu Xinran asked what Su Bai thought of her charity work, and he said her commitment to helping people was admirable.

Su Bai returned from the student’s home with Xu Xinran and the Wan sisters, while Xu Xinran flirted with him before leaving the RV to attend a meeting. At Bangbang Technology, Wang Haoran reassured Director Du that the game’s aggressive cosplayer advertising campaign was unlikely to cause trouble, and that Su Bai could help if it did.

• Su Bai and Xu Xinran walked through the rain toward the Super RV, where Xu Xinran invited him to join her on adventurous trips and flirted with him.
• The Wan sisters loaded live chickens into the RV, and Xu Xinran joined them for the return trip before getting off early to attend a meeting.
• At Bangbang Technology, Director Du worried that the game had hired too many cosplayers for its advertisements and might provoke backlash.
• Wang Haoran told Director Du that the campaign was ordinary for modern games and that Su Bai could step in if problems arose, easing his concerns.

Director Du worried that the game’s aggressive promotion might backfire, but Wang Haoran reassured him that the data mattered more than complaints. When influencer Li Xiaocan arrived seeking a lucrative partnership, she demanded to meet the company’s real boss, setting up a possible encounter with Su Bai.

• Wang Haoran told Director Du to judge the promotion by its operational data rather than complaints in the comments.
• Director Du welcomed influencer Li Xiaocan and her assistant, postponed the level designers’ meeting, and left Vice Director Wang to receive them.
• Li Xiaocan felt that Vice Director Wang was brushing her off and privately compared her commercial value favorably to local cosplayers.
• Li Xiaocan’s assistant said she wanted to support local businesses and insisted on speaking with the boss who could make decisions.
• Vice Director Wang warned Li Xiaocan that Director Du was occupied and asked whether she was sure she wanted to meet the real boss.
• Li Xiaocan confirmed that she wanted to meet the real boss.

Li Xiaocan’s assistant tried to negotiate a livestream promotion deal with Bangbang Technology, but Vice Director Wang kept her at a distance until Su Bai happened to appear. Su Bai and Chen Yusheng reviewed the game’s next update, and Director Du reported that Li Xiaocan had come seeking a collaboration.

• Vice Director Wang told Li Xiaocan’s assistant that Su Bai rarely handled day-to-day matters and questioned the value of her proposed promotion deal.
• Li Xiaocan and her assistant saw Su Bai and Chen Yusheng walking past the meeting room, and Vice Director Wang revealed that Su Bai was the boss and Chen Yusheng was his girlfriend.
• Su Bai and Chen Yusheng reviewed the game’s upcoming update with the planners, who praised its improved polish and discussed the resources Su Bai had provided.
• Director Du returned from the restroom and told Su Bai that Li Xiaocan was a gaming streamer who had come to seek a collaboration.

Su Bai rejected Li Xiaocan’s promotion proposal, and she left without daring to criticize his company. He then brought Chen Yusheng to inspect his office floor as a possible venue for the university’s Artificial Intelligence competition, with Xia Lin agreeing to arrange the sponsorship.

• Su Bai reviewed Director Du’s information on Li Xiaocan and rejected working with her because he wanted to keep promotion controlled and the game’s audience focused.
• Director Du told Li Xiaocan the company was pursuing a conservative promotion strategy, and Li Xiaocan left with her assistant without making trouble.
• Li Xiaocan told her assistant that Su Bai seemed influential and warned against gossiping about his company.
• Su Bai brought Chen Yusheng to his office floor at the Entrepreneurship Park to consider it as a venue for the school’s robot competition.
• Su Bai contacted Xia Lin about sponsoring the competition, and Xia Lin offered to handle the school’s arrangements.

Su Bai inspected a competition venue with Chen Yusheng, who teased him about Xu Xinran and asked how far their relationship had progressed. Their flirtation led Su Bai to take Chen Yusheng to a luxury hotel, where he joked about his plans to visit other women afterward.

• Chen Yusheng and Su Bai discussed the spacious competition venue and agreed it could host future competitions.
• Chen Yusheng showed Su Bai Xu Xinran’s Moments post of them walking together in Banshan County, and Su Bai confirmed Xu Xinran had shared it only with familiar people.
• Chen Yusheng jumped onto Su Bai’s back and teased him about his relationship with Xu Xinran.
• Su Bai carried Chen Yusheng to a newly opened luxury hotel and booked its most expensive room.
• Chen Yusheng kissed Su Bai and asked him to keep her company, while he joked that he would visit Senior Sister Xiaolu and Director Xia afterward.

Su Bai tested his new Source Physique skill on Chen Yusheng, who quickly recovered her stamina and became curious about the cause. The two relaxed together in the bath, where Chen Yusheng jokingly accepted his claim that he was an alien.

• After their first round of rest, Su Bai stopped Chen Yusheng from pushing herself further and suggested dinner after testing his new skill.
• Su Bai gave Chen Yusheng a pre-dinner dessert, and she noticed her stamina recovering unusually quickly.
• Chen Yusheng reasoned that the hotel setting could not explain the change and rushed into the bathroom to question Su Bai.
• Su Bai joked that he was an alien testing her as a potential maternal host, and Chen Yusheng laughed and played along.

Su Bai took Chen Yusheng to a private-cuisine restaurant, where Liu Chenyang and Xu Xinran joined them for a spicy meal. After the group joked and competed over the food, Su Bai checked the Confidante group chat and saw that students were discussing an innovation and entrepreneurship competition.

• Su Bai and Chen Yusheng discussed the Wan sisters' spice tolerance and their exhaustion after the trip back to Ascott.
• Su Bai summoned Xu Xinran to the restaurant, where she and Liu Chenyang joined him and Chen Yusheng for dinner.
• Chen Yusheng and Xu Xinran challenged each other to eat extra-spicy pork kidneys without drinking water.
• Liu Chenyang poured them iced cola when they could no longer stand the heat, and Su Bai joked about Old Beijing black bean juice.
• Su Bai recorded the contest, sent the video to the Confidante group chat, and saw that students were discussing an innovation and entrepreneurship competition.

Chu Mingzhe considered joining a competition but chose to focus on studying and working with teammates he had recruited through his parents’ connections. After seeing the competition link, he suspected Su Bai was behind its funding, and the story left him marveling at Su Bai’s growing business ventures.

• Xue Tao invited Chu Mingzhe to team up for a competition, but Chu Mingzhe refused and said he wanted to enter more prestigious contests.
• Chu Mingzhe explained that he had been studying seriously to avoid failing courses and losing the allowance he used for dating.
• Chu Mingzhe assembled a team of Jiangcheng University students through his parents’ connections instead of joining Xue Tao.
• A senior teammate shared the competition link and told Chu Mingzhe that a student from his department had funded the event.
• Chu Mingzhe saw that the sponsor was Bai Ye Technology and suspected that Su Bai had organized the competition.

Xue Tao struggled to find teammates after Hu Ye rejected his invitation, while Brother Guaranteed Admission and his two teammates prepared for the competition. At the competition Q&A, Sister Guaranteed Admission tested Chen Yusheng's expertise and returned impressed by how much she knew.

• Hu Ye turned down Xue Tao's team invitation, so Xue Tao considered asking his high school classmates for help.
• Brother Guaranteed Admission told Xue Tao he had hoped to face Su Bai in the competition, but Su Bai was not entering.
• Brother Guaranteed Admission and his two teammates speculated about why Chen Yusheng was serving as a teaching assistant.
• Chen Yusheng answered participants' competition questions and explained the preparation they needed.
• Sister Guaranteed Admission questioned Chen Yusheng, then admitted to her teammates that Chen Yusheng seemed as knowledgeable as an experienced developer.

Chen Yusheng confidently handled her first teaching-assistant session while Su Bai watched from outside and then visited Xia Lin. Over tea, Xia Lin told him that her father was satisfied with him, and they agreed there was no rush to marry before she finished her master's program.

• Chen Yusheng answered Sister Guaranteed Admission's questions fluently and offered her extra pointers as she took her teaching-assistant duties seriously.
• Su Bai checked on Chen Yusheng from outside the classroom, saw she was handling things well, and left.
• Su Bai visited Xia Lin's office, where she made tea and said her father had sent it over.
• Xia Lin explained that Old Xia had once worried she might like women and was now satisfied that she was dating Su Bai.
• Xia Lin said she still had three years left in her master's program, and she and Su Bai agreed there was no rush to marry.

Su Bai discussed buying an overseas island and building a manor, while Xia Lin advised him about the ongoing costs. After Chen Yusheng joined them, Xia Lin encouraged her to pursue research opportunities and explained how to build a team, leaving Chen Yusheng more confident about her next steps.

• Su Bai asked Xia Lin how much it would cost to buy an island and build a manor, and she warned him that maintaining it would be expensive.
• Chen Yusheng arrived at Xia Lin's office, and Su Bai warmed her and Xia Lin by holding them close.
• Xia Lin suggested that Professor Luo might give Chen Yusheng a research project next semester because of her talent and Su Bai's willingness to invest.
• Xia Lin advised Chen Yusheng to recruit promising competition participants to help with future projects and offered to handle discussions with professors.
• Chen Yusheng felt reassured and discussed the plans with Xia Lin, while Su Bai joked that he was not suited for scientific research.

Su Bai encouraged Chen Yusheng’s academic ambitions, then agreed to accompany Xia Lin to her friend’s new small bar. He considered building a private entertainment club for himself and his friends, and Xia Lin suggested that Yangyang’s family could help; they left for the bar with Su Bai still wondering whether its food would be any good.

• Chen Yusheng found inspiration after talking with Xia Lin and went to the lab to write code, while Xia Lin teased Su Bai about inspiring her progress.
• Xia Lin invited Su Bai to a friend’s small bar to help deter annoying suitors, and he agreed to go with her.
• Xia Lin explained that the bar belonged to the owner of the private gym she frequented, whom Su Bai had met before.
• Su Bai said he wanted to ask the owner about creating a private entertainment club, and Xia Lin advised him to consult Yangyang’s family.
• Su Bai and Xia Lin headed to the bar, where Su Bai worried that the food might be bad.

Su Bai and Xia Lin visited a secluded members-only tavern owned by Xia Lin’s friend, where Su Bai learned about its high-end chefs and exclusive club-style business. Xia Lin’s friend teased them about their relationship and decided Su Bai was a good match for Xia Lin.

• Su Bai wondered whether Xia Lin’s friend was opening a trendy, overpriced tavern, and Xia Lin explained that the establishment had five chefs and operated as a boutique members-only club.
• Xia Lin told Su Bai that her friend had prepared meat and seafood especially for him, and they traveled to the tavern in a quiet suburban area.
• Su Bai and Xia Lin verified their identities and entered the tavern, where Xia Lin’s friend warmly welcomed them and teased Xia Lin about her boyfriend.
• Su Bai joked along with Xia Lin’s friend, who recalled meeting him at the gym and judged him a suitable match for Xia Lin.